i don't want to risk our paths crossing some day

poor Sandra Bullock. Normally I don't feel bad for celebrities. But Sandra is someone who has always steered clear of the tabloids but not in that annoying I'm too good for that way (aka Jen Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow etc.)

And now here she is having the most devastating, humiliating, painful details of her private life published as actual headline world news.

and now Jesse James is heading to "sex rehab" like that somehow makes it ok. when did "sex addiction" become this acceptable excuse for selfish, irresponsible, behaviour? where is the accountability? its just going to give every cheating spouse an excuse to behave like a jack-ass.

i also like how one of my fave gossip columnists pointed out that he didn't seem to be addicted to sex with his wife. more like addicted to having sex with women who were not his wife.

who's next?

three thousand five hundred miles away

during the last few days i've thought of all sorts of stuff to write. unfortunately, i can't seem to remember any of it right now.

counting down until Lost is on.

that trailer trash pedigree is calling, it rats you out when you're on all fours

Nate has been acting out at daycare a bit, he kicked another kid...twice...Part of me wants to believe that the other (older) kid did something to provoke it but getting a straight story out of a 3.5 year old is pretty much impossible so who knows.

Makes me feel guilty, like I'm failing as a parent.

On the other hand, he's 3.5 and a boy and he likes to play rough, and now finally has another boy his size to do that with.

Nate is also finally potty training he's wearing big boy underwear and doing a fantastic job with them. I'm looking very much forward to saving $60 a month.

Mom is coming down this weekend and we're going to the Home Show and then I think Jay and I are doing a movie Saturday night - should be a good weekend.

i'd like to rest, my weary head tonight, on a bed, of California stars

there's a saying that has many incarnations, but basically boils down to this

"if you love something, let it go and if it comes back then it loves you"

lets hope it holds true.

makes me feel like a madman on the run

last week I finally bought new running shoes and started putting them to use. I got on the treadmill 4 out of 7 nights.

Today, I signed up for the 5k race on National Capital Race Weekend. It is my first race in at least 6 years (probably longer if I really think about it).

I am actually a little excited and a little nervous. You had to put an expected finish time down so I put 25 - 30 minutes. I hope I'm being overly cautious. I can't really remember, but I think my best time during a race was 18:23 but that was in my prime.

I have had a migraine since Saturday. I've been popping pills all day and think I've reached the max dose for both acetaminophen and ibuprofin. It is at least dull now.

Well, its Chuck time.

birds singing in the sycamore tree, dream a little dream of me

When I was 9 or 10 I watched the movie Silver Bullet at Tammy Mundt's house. It scared the living crap out of me and it ignited my crush on Corey Haim. After that, my room basically became a shrine of Teen Beat posters.

As with most crushes, it didn't last long and after Lost Boys I think I moved on to Johnny Depp who was in 21 Jump Street at the time or possibly River Phoenix but Corey Haim was and will always be my very first poster boy.

There was an interesting (well, depends on who you are I guess) article on people.com which basically amounted to Corey Feldman calling out everyone for not being there during Corey Haim's life yet actively mourning him on Twitter etc. Very pointed.

I actually watched a few episodes of The Two Corey's on A&E but it was mostly just sad to see someone who had it all and then smoked/snorted/injected it all away. I don't think it gets much worse than Meth addiction.

Why do I feel like they'll be writing the same things about Lindsay Lohan in about 10 years...

you'll wear your silver dress, i'm wearing my heart on my sleeve

Had my course Friday through Sunday. Instructor was great, course was useful and I would even go so far as to say I had fun.

Sunday night I went to a metal show with Jay at a dive bar downtown. It was honestly the best show I've seen in I can't remember how long. We had so much fun. We went for dinner and split a pitcher before hand too. I forgot how nice small venues are, like really small. Musically, a couple bands were pretty good, can't say I'm a huge metal fan but I enjoyed it.

Highlight of my night was when i got id'd at the bar though! Dude made my day. I don't think he'd ever seen someone so excited to get id'd.

Both Jay and I had the day off Monday so we dropped the kids off at daycare and did some shopping, had lunch, went to see one of Jay's work friends. I was supposed to stay home and clean and do all that stuff but shopping was more fun.

some day, you'll be a star in someone else's sky

long time no blog.

work continues to be insanely busy and i'm exhausted by the time the kids are in bed. i've also been a little addicted to some word games on my iPhone...

weekend was ok - went to the Wilco show Sunday night (Ticketmaster did replace my tickets, for a 25$ fee of course). it was an ok show. musically it was great but for me a lot of the time its the crowd that makes or breaks a show and this crowd was surprisingly young and annoying. plus it was at the NAC so first people were sitting, then standing, then some sitting and some standing - i just wanted people to make up their minds.

I start my course tomorrow and it goes all weekend. of course, it is supposed to be beautifully sunny and unusually warm...

Mom and Dad were down tonight so we all went out for dinner (just to East Side Mario's). The kids were very well behaved and it went very well. It was nice.

well, Facebook calls.